The Department of Health has reported seven more coronavirus-related deaths. There have been 688 deaths so far in January associated with Covid-19 and 2,977 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The median age of those who died is 77 years of age and the age range is 43-94 years. A further 1,372 new cases of Covid-19 have also been reported, bringing the total number of cases here to 188,923.
There are 219 people in intensive care with Covid-19, up one on yesterday. Chair of NPHET's Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, Professor Philip Nolan said there has been a "continued rapid improvement" in the incidence of the disease.